90.1% of residents of University City speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 2,719 (7.8%)
(41.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 64.1%Number of people working at home: 1,117 (6.2% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,645 (75%)

Carpooled: 449 (5%)

Bus or trolley bus: 364 (4%)

Railroad: 9 (0%)

Taxi: 62 (1%)

Bicycle: 29 (0%)

Walked: 212 (2%)

Worked at home: 1,117 (13%)

First ancestries reported:

German: 1,193

American: 980

Irish: 888

European: 424

English: 416

African: 406

Polish: 320

Russian: 312

Italian: 239

Eastern European: 170

Hungarian: 138

Cypriot: 130

British: 130

Scotch-Irish: 93

Dutch: 85

Scottish: 82

French (except Basque): 81

Czechoslovakian: 74

Romanian: 65

Belgian: 60

Bulgarian: 51

Slavic: 46

Lebanese: 44

Northern European: 42

Greek: 35

Norwegian: 32

Swedish: 29

Ukrainian: 27

Danish: 25

Scandinavian: 23

Czech: 22

Jamaican: 22

Croatian: 19

Welsh: 17

Swiss: 13

Egyptian: 12

Barbadian: 10

Lithuanian: 9

West Indian: 9

Slovene: 8

Ghanaian: 7

Brazilian: 5

Israeli: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

25%China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan

7%Mexico

7%India

7%Canada

5%Bulgaria

4%Cuba

3%Nigeria

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 19,367

Other state: 12,437

Northeast: 2,080

Midwest: 4,745

South: 4,145

West: 1,427

80% of University City residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Missouri.